FOR SHOE GEEKS ONLY: Don't Fear the Matumbo! NIKE's Track and Field Offerings for Tokyo Revealed! Interview with NIKE's Patrick Richie and Natalie Kile

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FOR SHOE GEEKS ONLY

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Thursday, January 22, 2026, Week 2, Day 4, A day on the track

NIKE presents #TheJourneytoCompete, A NIKE Cross Country newsletter, celebrating cross-country, Issues, 1-15, Back Issues, Winter 2026

2026 Winter Middle Distance Training (800m-5,000m), Wednesday January 21, 2026, Week 3, Day 3, the third week of Winter running, with an easy day on Wednesday!

Featuring interview

with Patrick Richie and Natalie Kile

NIKE PLMs on Track & Field line available in Tokyo 2026

This interview was done in early September 2025. Patrick Richie is the PLM, Track & Field and Natalie Kile is the PLM for Track & Field and Road Racing.

A very thorough coverage of the entire NIKE Track & Field Specialty line for Middle Distances, Distances, Sprints/Hurdles, Throw Shoes, Vertical and Horizontal Jumps.

A. Middle Distances and Long Distances

B. Sprint Shoes

C. Throw Shoes

D. Vertical and Horizontal Jumps.

Patrick Richie and Natalie KIle explain it all, For Shoe Geeks Only, photo by Mike Deering

E. Note on Triple Jump shoe (World Athletics Rules )

Triple Jump 2 is not compliant with WA rules! The compliant shoe is NIKE Triple Jump Elite 3!

F. Larry’s desire to do High Jump Video with Jim Carroll (Catholic Boy album), “Wicked Gravity”

G. Q4 Offerings for Run Specialty, Offered October 1, 2025

H. Glam Pack, Celebrating the Glam Gods (Offered January 2026!)

We will be posting tech sheets as well!

Patrick Richie and Natalie Kile were quite patient with my questions and accolades. They set up their room to showcase the entire line. The attention to detail is impressive and obvious love of the sport and respect for the athletes. Bill Bowerman would be proud.

Find all of our Socialing The Distance interview series here: https://bit.ly/34czL0e

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Find all of our Conversations with Larry here: https://bit.ly/30io2vY

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Special thanks to Mike Deering, original member of The Shoe Addicts, who edits, clips, manages and produces the podcast for Fortius Media Group, LLC and RunBlogRun.com.

Special thanks to Patrick Richie and Natalie Kile for their patience over 90 minutes of my queries. It made for a super episode of #ForShoegeeksOnly

Special thanks to Tony Bignell, Brett Holts for their support of RunBlogRun and love of the sport.

Please go to www.nikerunning.com to learn more about the fantastic product line from NIKE!

Author

Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."

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